JD(S) agrees to hand over support letter to BJP

The JD(S) today agreed to hand over letters pledging "unconditional" support to the BJP for forming a government in Karnataka.

"We have responded favourably to the BJP's request to tender a letter declaring JD(S)' unconditional support to the BJP-led government," former chief minister HD Kumaraswamy said.

In the letter to Governor Rameshwar Thakur on October 27, the JD(S) had declared "unconditional support" to the BJP. Even the affidavits filed by 129 MLAs said their support to the government was unconditional, he said.

When a BJP delegation called on the governor this afternoon, he told them that in his report to President Pratibha Patil, he would mention that the support was "conditional," following which the BJP leaders approached the JD(S).

State BJP President DV Sadananda Gowda met Kumaraswamy and requested for the letters.